The Obama administration has photographs of Osama bin Ladens dead body and officials are debating what to do with them and whether they should be released to the public, officials tell ABC News.

Theres no doubt its him, says a US official who has seen the pictures and also reminds us that OBL was 64.

The argument for releasing them: to ensure that the public knows and can appreciate that he's dead. There is of course skepticism throughout the world that the US government claim that it killed bin Laden is true.

The argument against releasing the pictures: theyre gruesome. He has a massive head wound above his left eye where he took bullet, with brains and blood visible.

In July 2003, the US government released photographs of Saddam Husseins dead sons Uday and Qusay Hussain but not until after theyd been touched up by a mortician, making them look not quite real.

What rubbish. They can release the photos with a warning about their grisly nature. But these photos are essential to bringing closure to the world about OBL’s fate.

Obama needs to understand that his credibility is always suspect, and that failure to provide these photos will always encourage speculation — particularly among global jihadists — that the US is playing tricks.

Yep, my son just called me from long distant saying the same thing...He's the type that needs the evidence in front of him before he believes it. He says it's very suspicious that they rid of the body quickly without showing the body to the world the way they showed Saddam Hussein!

I would have liked to see the body. Pictures, especially digital pictures, aren’t enough. Now I didn’t personally know Osama, but how many tall bearded Arab guys with big noses, wearing white robes, and escorted by armed men, have we already killed?

Last night FOX said it had pictures but wouldn’t be releasing them because of the gruesomeness. But that was shortly before they came out and said the picture on the web was a fake so I suspect FOX had that picture and not the real deal. IIRC, Hussein’s sons had been cleaned up a bit so they would be more recognizable. It’s possible pictures were taken of OBL after his religious washing in preps for the sea dumping. However, with this administration, I take everything with a 5 pound bag of salt.

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posted on 05/02/2011 11:45:24 AM PDT
by bgill
(Kenyan Parliament - how could a man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)

Being a sissy pregnant girl I sure do not want to see them. But I want everyone ELSE (not kids) to see them! I want you of strong constitutions to all become convinced it’s true, and tell me! Show the pics but show them carefully. Graphic warnings, etc.

"Any presented evidence for his death will simply be taken as confirmation that the conspiracy goes even deeper than originally thought. "

Bingo.

It's amazing what some people will believe a government is capable of doing, even after they've visited the cluster-f**k that is ANY US post office. It's positively the definition of cognitive dissonance.

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